From the French Quarter to the St. Charles Avenue streetcar in the Garden District, as well as the city's famed above-ground cemeteries, this book tells the story of the Big Easy through the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. An introduction sets New Orleans in historical context, while the two fold-out maps show the 1816 plan of the city and the modern downtown, including Woldenberg Riverfront Park, the French Quarter, the Tremé District, and the Business District. This guidebooks to a key site in American history takes visitors through the physical landscape that exists now and also to the places no longer visible. Color and black and white photos and illustrations appear on nearly every two-page spread, and the book includes a timeline, brief biographies of key figures, and a historical walking tour, along with nearby places to stay, eat, and visit.